Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Zuljaras that's fantastic. I paint miniatures and it takes me an embarrassingly long amount of time to paint something smaller than my thumb. And they don't even look good afterwords!

@HotGoomba___Rebrand Right!? There are quite a few posts I've seen about Nevada's um....pace. My favorite was one implicating they enlisted the help of the Sesame Street Count.

Finally found a shiny in the dynamax adventures, and it couldn’t be a better one

Thinking about getting a new power bank. I have a 3400mAh Sony one I got years ago, and its good for recharging older devices with smaller batteries like the o3DS (1300mAh).
For most devices I have it's too small. Also there's no fast charging.

I'd recommend a minimum of 10000mAh for your next one

The fact that I read this to a tune in my head testifies how old I am.

@Tyranexx Don't worry, plenty of younger people watch(ed) blue's clues!

@HotGoomba___Rebrand Lol I really liked the show at one point in time, though I stopped watching/got bored of it just before the Joe transition.

I played this game in the morning.

I found some Indonesian names despite it modified a little bit looks like foreign words such as Klinci (Kelinci in actual Indonesia word = Rabbit), Quintal (Kuintal in actual Indonesia word = 100 kg)

I've started playing through Secret of Mana for the first time through Collection of Mana on the Switch; I fired it up for a few minutes once on the SNES Classic, but only to test the waters. For the most part I'm enjoying it so far, though it has taken me a bit to get used to how the in-game menus work; it took awhile for me to figure out how to equip new gear.

Any tips? Tricks? Ways to preserve my sanity? I currently have the Hero and the Girl you can name in my party and am on my way to the Witch's Forest or whatever it's called. Apparently she's zombified some citizens of Pandora.

@Tyranexx
I have the PS4 version of Secret of Mana.
I prefer 3D graphic remake over than 2D style but the funny part was they talked like ventriloquist (talking with showing the teeth / mouth closed). 🤣
I still haven't continued the game yet, testing the water.

Btw, have you ever know PS4 game above (look at my PS4 game post above) ?

Ah cool I found a shiny cubone in pokemon go. It had been a long while since my last full-odds shiny.

It looks cute in dinosaur green.

@Eel Congrats! Cubone has a nice shiny form. Shiny Marowak also looks pretty cool IMO. I found one a couple of months ago at full odds as well. Hopefully yours has better stats than mine. XD

@Anti-Matter You must be talking about the 3D remake. I've heard a few things about that. Some people seem to like it, while others (mostly fans of the original SNES game) absolutely did not like the changes in the remake. If you ever go back to it, let me know how it goes! I don't mind 3D graphics if they're done well, but I'm also a fan of 16-bit pixel art.

As for Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story, nope, I've never heard of that game. A quick internet search shows that it's available on the Switch.

@Tyranexx Secret of Mana's remake on PS4 is ok. It's not really a shining example of a remake done right, and I think the flat art direction does the game's environments a disservice, as well as the soundtrack being generally hit or miss, but it's serviceable.

@Tyranexx it has perfect speed and meh everything else. As usual with shinies.

Um...
I want to ask your opinion before i'm doing this.
I know i have been playing with original games and original video game devices for 7 years.
I have removed all the pirated games and jailbroken video game devices since year 2015.
But something in my mind recently lingering inside my head about reconsidering a little bit modded game devices.
I realized there are some old games i will unable to buy due to insane price on Ebay and i think those games will never get price cut or more cheaper options from other sellers so suddenly in my mind i was thinking about getting a modded PSP to play certain PS1/ PSP ISO games due to those games were really impossible to get for insane price / extinct from the existence.
I know it sounds very embarrassing to say that thing but as the owner of original games and video game machines for 7 years and still maintain my faith to be an original gamers, do you think it is okay to break my promise a little bit as i have ever done gray area from ACNH by using Amiibo card clones to summon desired villagers?
I'm afraid by doing that will make me feel guilty but hey... used to be i played with pirated games and modded machine in the past.
I still keep continuing my original gaming hobby despite i might have a modded video game device just for certain things.
Who is also playing with modded video game devices despite still keep playing with original games on original video game devices ?

I personally have no problems enjoying roms of old games I have extracted myself from the original cartridges I own. Because it feels like a personal project, and I can still feel that sense of ownership.

Downloading them completely cheapens the experience for me though. And it's also risky.

It's ultimately up to you. I think.

Just don't go too in-depth about these things here.

@Anti-Matter I do it and it is fine!

I am physical collector for LIFE! But I also like to collect moded consoles OR emulator machines.

There is NOTHING wrong with this and you should not feel guilty at all.

In the end only the games matter not what you play them on.

@Vinny This summer, after a storm knocked out power for 4-5 days, I got a RavPower 26,800 mah 30W PD with fast recharge. I wanted high capacity, and the ability to charge the Switch while playing it. I had to buy the higher power delivery wall charger for the fast recharge (it still recharges with other chargers, just not fast, if older chargers don't support fast charging). It recharges the powerbank in 4-5 hours, which is insane compared to my old 14,000 mah that took like 20+ hours to recharge.

Granted this 26,800 mah is a lot, but I have been happy with my RavPower brand powerbank, and recommend it if the brand is available in your region.

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@Tyranexx @Eel you guys getting some shiny luck in PoGo recently? A few days ago I nabbed a shiny Poochyena, and then yesterday during that weird Verizon even in Go, I actually nabbed 3 shiny Absol!

Do what you want dude.